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### Question: What are the symptoms of Boil?
### Response: A boil may begin as a tender, pinkish-red, swollen, firm area in the skin. Over time, it will feel like a water-filled balloon or cyst.
Pain gets worse as it fills with pus and dead tissue, and improves as it drains. It may drain on its own. More often the patient or someone else opens the boil.
The boil:
Is usually pea-sized, but may be as large as a golf ball May develop white or yellow centers (pustules) May join with another boil or spread to other skin areas May grow quickly May weep, ooze, or crust
Other symptoms may include:
Fatigue Fever General ill-feeling Itching before the boil develops Skin redness around the boil